Rajinikanth

Rajinikanth is quite simply the biggest superstar cinema crazy India has ever seen. His stylized dialogues and screen mannerisms are legion and his guy next door-cum-superhero image has found a hysterically appreciative following among millions of moviegoers. Naman Ramachandran's marvelous biography recounts Rajini's career in meticulous detail tracing his incredible cinematic journey from Apoorva Raagangal (1975) to Kochadaiyaan (2013). Along the way the book provides rare insights into the Thalaivar's personal life from his childhood days to his times of struggle when he was still Shivaji Rao Gaekwad and then his eventual stardom revealing how a legend was born. About the Author Naman Ramachandran was placed on Planet Earth with the express purpose of writing the definitive biography of Superstar Rajinikanth. Fate intervened however and he was separated at birth from his noble purpose by a metaphorical Kumbh Mela of sorts. His life journey took him across the world where he became a film critic with Sight and Sound a film journalist covering South Asia for Variety and the UK and Ireland for Cineuropa and the author of the book Lights Camera Masala Making Movies in Mumbai besides a few film scripts. A chance encounter with a Penguin revealed the Thalaivar tattoo seared deep into his soul and the epiphany that followed resulted in this book.